#497C84#497C84

#497C84 is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.056 H 208.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#497C84
RGB	rgb(73, 124, 132)
HSL	hsl(188, 29%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(188, 45%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, -14.85, -9.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 17.75, 213.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.36% -0.0493 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(55.36% 0.056 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(14.1186, 17.4967, 24.4585)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#497C84 #845149

analogous

#49846F #497C84 #495E84

triadic

#497C84 #84497C #7C8449

tetradic

#497C84 #6F4984 #845149 #5E8449

square

#497C84 #6F4984 #845149 #5E8449

split-complementary

#497C84 #84495E #846F49

monochromatic

#1D3235 #33575D #497C84 #629FA8 #89B7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#497C84 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#497C84 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #497C84

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##497C84	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##497C84	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#747885

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7184

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #497c84;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 124, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.056 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7fa2a7',
    500: '#497c84',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #497c84;
$custom-light: #7fa2a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#497c84",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.136,
    "s": 28.78,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5536,
    "c": 0.05609,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#497C84

secondary

#AA857F

accent

#7063C5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0A0F0F

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #497C84

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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